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bracket

[brak-it] / ˈbræk ɪt /


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The threshold for reaching the top federal income-tax bracket in 2027 will climb by nearly $25,000 for a married couple.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

A single person making $52,025 is just at the start of the 22% bracket next year.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

The new income ranges for each tax bracket and a higher standard deduction mean that someone who earns the same income next year would likely owe slightly less in taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The College Football Playoff rankings will be released every Tuesday until the final rankings and 12-team playoff bracket are revealed on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 9 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

“They stopped hurting. But my mom will be so pissed if another bracket comes off.”

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

And Beth Pinsker followed up with these instructions on how the new tax brackets can affect decisions on Roth IRA conversions in 2027.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

The income brackets that determine how much Americans pay in taxes each year will adjust higher by about 3.2% for tax year 2027, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Inflation adjustments to tax brackets, the standard deduction, the child tax credit and more are meant to give taxpayers relief from rising costs of living.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Income-tax brackets for 2027 will be climbing by approximately 3.2%, according to the IRS.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Then she plants the first brackets around my back molars, metal rings that hug my teeth and bite into my gums.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

The company’s guidance on adjusted earnings per share, which calls for $1.02 to $1.04, bracketed the consensus view.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026

I’m less excited about the front end, bracketed by large and kind of goofy LED arrays at the edges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

It is possible that countries could be very broadly bracketed into different levels of a basically universal tariff.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025

He paused alongside the wall, the rust-colored soil at his feet spreading for miles around, his view bracketed by the San Jose Mountains to the south and a majestic limestone bluff to the north.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2025

Because the Chicago data ran from 1993 to 2000, it bracketed the introduction of high-stakes testing in 1996.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

For the full year, it sees earnings between $6.70 and $7.10 a share, easily above the $6.67 consensus, on revenue of $20.5 billion to $20.7 billion, bracketing the average analyst estimate.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

For the current quarter, Oracle guided for revenue growth between 19% to 21%, bracketing the 20% growth expectations implied by the FactSet consensus.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

He describes how he uses a technique called focus bracketing, where dozens of photos are taken.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

The clusters of asteroids move roughly in tandem with Jupiter, bracketing the planet as it moves along its orbit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

Of all the Communist leaders deposed in the years bracketing the collapse of the Soviet Union, only Nicolae Ceaujescu met a violent death.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt


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